Edible Book Festival 2010
Hope to see you there!
April 3, 2010 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Pyramid Atlantic 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD.
Come one, come all to the International Edible Book Festival! The Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers has organized, in conjunction with Pyramid Atlantic, an Edible Book Fair. The festival pays homage to Brillat-Savarin – 1755-1826 (a French Gastronome, famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food.) The only rules are making edible art that have something to do with books as shapes and/or content.
The International Edible Book Festival is a yearly event on April 1 throughout the world .This event unites bibliophiles, book artists and food lovers to celebrate the ingestion of culture and its fulfilling nourishment. Participants create edible books that are exhibited, documented then consumed. April 1st is also the perfect day to eat your words and play with them.
The Edible Book was initiated by Judith A. Hoffberg over a Thanksgiving turkey with book artists in 1999, and became an international event through the artist Béatrice Coron’s Books2Eat website (www.books2eat.com), for the first event in 2000. This annual event has become a sensation.
Please join us for this lighthearted celebration of the book. We will document your creation and put it on the Web at the site above. Please go to the site and check out what others have done to celebrate both food and books and then bring us your creations. Light refreshment will be provided to enjoy with your books.
Potomac Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers 